Bus crash kills 33 near Egyptian resort

EGYPT'S state news agency says a head-on collision of two tourist buses near a popular Red Sea resort has killed 33 people and injured 41.

MENA says the accident occurred early on Friday about 50 kilometres from Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula. The buses were coming from opposite directions and collided head-on on the main road. The cause of the accident was not immediately known.